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Sua moglie è stanca oggi.

Sua moglie è stanca oggi.
His wife is tired today.
From Lesson 26:Possessives with family members (mio padre)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Sua moglie è stanca oggi.

Why is it just sua moglie instead of la sua moglie?
In Italian, you usually put words like il or la (the) before possessives, like la sua macchina (his car). But there is a special rule for family members: when you talk about just one family member, you drop the article. So, it is just sua moglie.
The translation says "his wife", but sua ends in an -a. Shouldn't it be suo?
In Italian, possessive words like suo and sua match the gender of the person or thing being possessed, not the owner! Since moglie (wife) is feminine, we must use sua, even if the person who is married to her is a man.
Because of that rule, could sua moglie also mean "her wife"?
Yes, exactly! Because suo and sua can mean "his", "hers", or formal "yours", sua moglie could mean "his wife", "her wife", or "your wife" depending on who you are talking about. The context of the conversation usually makes it clear.
Why does stanca end in -a here?
Stanca is an adjective meaning "tired", and it has to match the person it describes. Since it describes moglie, which is a feminine and singular word, the base dictionary word stanco changes its ending to -a to become stanca.

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